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I'm enjoying this discussion alot, so I don't want to say much, but I did want to note that I object to property taxes. It can be reasoned that the infrastructure which the government provides is essential to being able to provide for yourself and your family through a mutually beneficial contract with your employer, so they have the right to some of those taxes to maintain said infrastructure. But the same argument doesn't apply to property.
Incidentally, I might mention that my cousin and her husband are both cops by training, and he actually works as a cop, so try to avoid saying anything too offensive about them. I haven't heard anything too bad so far, but I just thought I'd head that off.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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